Scottish scientist cloned Dolly from another sheep in 1997. They took an egg cell from a sheep (Mom 1) and removed and discarded the nucleus. They took an udder cell nucleus, that was diploid, from a different sheep (Mom 2). They inserted the nucleus into the egg cell and made this new cell undergo mitosis. They implanted the dividing cell into a surrogate mother (MOM 3). Several months later, Dolly was born. Dolly was actually a clone of which sheep?

a) Mom 1
b) Mom 2
c) Mom 3
d) there is not enough information given to answer this question


Ans: b) Mom 2

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